When Scott Walker and the GOP took control of Wisconsin in 2010, Wisconsin experienced a miniature version of the political crisis that the whole country is experiencing right now [with Donald Trump].
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167 years ago · 1859
“They say there are but two ways,--one is to hire men and to allure them to labour by their consent; the other is to buy the men, and drive them to it, and that is slavery.”
— Abraham Lincoln
138 years ago · 1888
“I herewith transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a copy of a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, relative to the…”
— Grover Cleveland
135 years ago · 1891
“The officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.”
— Ben Harrison
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This is an opportunity for this Congress to finally take responsibility.